The academic year is a GO and new challenges await! While it might not be the year you envisioned, we have a few tips to help you make the most of virtual learning. Get ahead on academics with these simple tips: Set daily goals. Grab a calendar and set dedicated…
The private and boarding school admissions process can feel like a territory of unknowns. What do all of these letters stand for? Why are there so many different requirements? Do they all test for the same thing? And how is my student supposed to prepare for these? While you can…
Youth basketball coach, Kids in Crisis volunteer, Physics Bowl champion, three-season athlete… the moment you speak with Alec Kazlauskas, you can tell that he’s a driven, passionate, and determined guy. Alec is thrilled to be headed to Texas Christian University (TCU) in the fall, where he received a scholarship based…
It’s safe to say that the summer of 2020 didn't go as planned. Perhaps you had an internship that was cancelled or switched to online. Maybe you had planned to attend a residential education program on a college campus or work in a science lab. Maybe you were planning on…
“I’m just not a good test taker.” We’ve all heard this phrase tossed around before. Many think that standardized test scores are stamped right there on our DNA strands, some of us with a natural propensity to achieve and others left without a paddle. And while, sure, some students might…
“When driving to school, my dog Lucky always joins me in the backseat.” … I think we’d all agree that the sentence above is adorable, and the image of a dog refusing to let her owner go to school alone brings us a great deal of joy. However, it unfortunately…
MCAT. LSAT. GRE. GMAT. Just when you thought standardized tests were behind you, just a few letters seem to stand in the way of you and your dream career. If you’re a rising college junior or senior beginning to think about what’s next, now is the time to make the…
Should I Register for the SAT or ACT with the Essay or Without? This is the second most popular question we get asked, right behind "Should I take the ACT or SAT?" The good news for most students is that the essay section of these two tests is of little…
So you’re going to take the SAT: whether it’s your first time or your fifteenth, our top strategies will help give you an edge on your next sitting. These are just some of the little nuggets of wisdom that our tutors and teachers pass on to Carnegie Prep students. Our…
The style of questions offered on both the calculator and no calculator sections of the SAT Math are, simply put, unlike most math questions you’ve seen in school. Interestingly, though, most students have actually moved beyond the type of math tested on these sections at least a year prior to taking…
We are honored and proud to have won Best of Gold Coast again this year. This is our 16th award. Thank you to everyone who has voted for us throughout the years. We rely on word of mouth, so your support means everything to us!
